Chikkaballapur district
The district Chikballapur ( Kannada: ಚಿಕ್ಕಬಳ್ಳಾಪುರ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ ) is a district of the Indian state of Karnataka. Administrative center is the eponymous town of Chikballapur.
Geography
The district is located in southeastern Karnataka Chikballapur on the border with the state of Andhra Pradesh. Neighboring districts are in the southeast Kolar, Bangalore Rural in the south, Tumkur in the West ( all belonging to Karnataka ) and Andhra Pradesh Anantapur Chittoor in the north and the east.
The district Chikballapur has an area of 4,209 square kilometers. The district area consists of a plateau in the southern part of the Deccan Plateau, from the isolated foothills of the Eastern Ghats protrude. The most striking observation, are around ten kilometers south of the district capital Chikballapur located Nandi Hills (also known as Nandidurg ) whose highest peak reaches a height of 1,478 meters above sea level. Among the Nandi Hills the rivers Palar and Ponnaiyar, both of which flow into the Bay of Bengal.
The district Chikballapur is divided into six taluks Bagepalli, Chikballapur, Chinthamani, Gouribidanur, Gudibanda and Shidlagatta.
History
During the British colonial period, the area now Chikballapur district belonged to the Kolar district of the princely state of Mysore. After Mysore had joined after the Indian independence the Indian Union, the territory of Chikballapur 1956 a part of the newly formed according to the language limitations of the Kannada State of Mysore was (1973 renamed Karnataka ). 2007, divided the district from Chikballapur as an independent district of Kolar district.
Population
According to the Indian census of 2011, the district Chikballapur has 1,254,377 inhabitants. Compared to the last 2001 census, the population was 7.2 percent, slower than in the middle of the state grew ( 15.7 percent). The population density is 209 inhabitants per square kilometer below the average of Karnataka (319 inhabitants per square kilometer). 22.3 percent of the residents of the district Chikballapur live in cities. The degree of urbanization is, lower than the mean value of the state ( 38.6 percent). The literacy rate is 70.8 percent below the average of Karnataka ( 76.1 per cent). 12.0 percent of the residents of the district are as members of the tribal population ( Adivasis ) classified ( 2001 census).